We are actively pursuing sponsorships with big game portals. But there has been some shakiness about that because portals are a bit hesitant to depend on our servers (vs. the simple act of hosting a single player .swf file on their own server). Plus we can't do a standard lump sum sponsorship since our game has significant reoccurring costs.

If that all falls through, we're going to say screw it and figure out how to monetize this thing ourselves.

Oh and I decided not to go with leaseweb because they had some shakey reviews. They also required a minimum 3 month payment block.

I'm going with Hetzner.de Servers are awesomely priced (pentium i7 /8gb for 50 euros!) and have a flexible bandwidth structure. Their setup fees are a bit high but I believe it's worth it for the better reviews I've been seeing online.

Also, I just learned that VAT does not apply to non europeans. 20% discount!

Oh and I decided not to go with leaseweb because they had some shakey reviews. They also required a minimum 3 month payment block.

I'm going with Hetzner.de Servers are awesomely priced (pentium i7 /8gb for 50 euros!) and have a flexible bandwidth structure. Their setup fees are a bit high but I believe it's worth it for the better reviews I've been seeing online.

Also, I just learned that VAT does not apply to non europeans. 20% discount!